Zaka Tabish
Career

Experience

Two years shipping the automation and AI assisted tooling that other engineers depend on.

  1. 1 year

    Working student, board bring up & diagnostics software

    Nokia Solutions and Networks · Network Infrastructure, Optical Networks · Nuremberg, Germany

    • Implemented an FCT log parser that generates the test lists driving the nightly regression runs, replacing a step that had been assembled by hand.
    • Migrated the legacy Mapfile system to a new object oriented Python implementation, bringing it up to current internal standards.
    • Implemented and rolled out a Python MCP server inside pControl, so LLM tooling in Cursor could reach Jira and the diagnostics suite: running test pipelines against real hardware and investigating failures from a prompt.
    • Specified and built a lab network monitoring system from scratch: anomaly detection against each link’s normal behaviour, with email alerting for the diagnostics lab.

    “Die Qualität seiner Arbeitsergebnisse lag, auch bei schwierigen Arbeiten, über den Anforderungen.”Werkstudentenzeugnis, Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG, 31 July 2026 — read the reference

    Read the full case study on the MCP server and monitoring system →

  2. 1 year

    Software developer

    Integrated Computer Solutions · MIDC Chikalthana, Aurangabad, India

    • Built Python scripts for data processing, automation and backend tasks.
    • Handled data analysis, transformation and reporting, and integrated applications with their databases.
    • Contributed to cross platform systems in an agile team, including regular code review.

    “Displayed exceptional problem-solving skills and a strong command over Python programming. He approached complex challenges with logical precision and implemented practical solutions.”Work experience certificate, Integrated Computer Solutions, 30 April 2025 — read the reference

  3. present

    MSc Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Applications

    OTH Amberg-Weiden · Bavaria, Germany

  4. B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering

    Marathwada Institute of Technology, Chh. Sambhajinagar · Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere · Maharashtra, India

    Graduated Summer 2024, First Class with Distinction, CGPA 7.51. Final year thesis: City Waste Management System Using Van Tracking, a real time IoT fleet tracking system built on NodeMCU, GPS and a MERN web application. Read the case study →

Toolkit

What I work with

Listed by how I actually use them, not by how impressive the logo looks.

Languages

  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • C++
  • C#

AI & ML

  • Neural networks (from scratch)
  • Reinforcement learning
  • ConvNetJS
  • Model Context Protocol
  • Anomaly detection

Systems & protocols

  • REST APIs
  • HTTP
  • WebSockets
  • Network diagnostics
  • Monitoring & alerting

Data & geo

  • Data analysis
  • Automation
  • GPS & geodata
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Leaflet

How I work

  • Agile
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Git · GitLab · GitHub
  • Jenkins
  • Cursor & Copilot

Beyond the tooling

  • Problem solving. I am comfortable sitting with a fault until it is reproducible.
  • Critical thinking. I would rather question the assumption than patch the symptom.
  • Adaptability. Agile teams, changing hardware, unfamiliar codebases.
  • Work ethic. Studying full time and working alongside it has needed one.
Evidence

Certificates & references

Every claim on this page has a document behind it. They are all here, in full, rather than summarised into a line on a CV.

Reference

Werkstudentenzeugnis

Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG · Munich

The formal German employment reference for the working student year (11 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026) in Network Infrastructure, Optical Networks. Names all three deliverables: the FCT log parser, the Mapfile system migration, and the Python MCP server in pControl.

Quality of results above requirements, including on difficult work

Open the certificate (PDF) →
Reference

Work Experience Certificate

Integrated Computer Solutions · Aurangabad, India

Confirms the software developer role from 1 Mar 2024 to 15 Apr 2025: scripts for data processing, automation and backend tasks; data analysis, transformation and reporting; database integration; cross platform systems; Agile workflows and code review.

“A valuable asset to the team” — Syed Aamer Ali, Director

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Thesis

City Waste Management System Using Van Tracking

Bachelor thesis · guided by Ms. Ankita Shewale

48 pages: literature survey across 12 papers, system design, the NodeMCU / NEO-6M hardware, the MERN implementation, and the results. The full report, not an abstract.

17% faster complaint handling · 25% better route efficiency

Read the thesis (PDF) → Read the case study →
Language

IELTS Academic

British Council / IDP · Cambridge Assessment English

Listening 7.0 · Reading 7.0 · Writing 7.5 · Speaking 8.0.

Overall band 7.5 · CEFR C1

Open the test report form (PDF) →
Language

Goethe-Zertifikat A2

Goethe-Institut · exam taken in Munich

All four modules: Lesen, Hören, Schreiben, Sprechen. Speaking was the strongest section at 23.0 of 25.

74 / 100 · befriedigend

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Language

Goethe-Zertifikat B1 · Sprechen

Goethe-Institut · single module certificate

The Goethe B1 exam is certified module by module. This is the Speaking module, passed on its own; the remaining three are in progress.

65 / 100 · B1 Speaking

Open the certificate (PDF) →

Read the bachelor thesis Ask for anything else

Living in Germany since 2025, working in a German company and studying at a German university — so the everyday German is well ahead of what the last exam date says. The remaining B1 modules are the next thing on the list.